n.; pl. Bogeys /plu>. [ Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies. ] 1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn. -- bogeyman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. Wm. Black. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. bogeys /pl>, 1. A goblin; a bugbear. [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

I have become a sort of bogey -- a killjoy. Wm. Black. [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

2. (Golf) A score on a given hole which is one stroke over par. Originally, bogey had the same meaning as par does now, i.e. a given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- said to be so-called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. A double bogey is a score of two strokes over par. [ PJC ]

3. (Golf) Par. See sense 2, above. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster Supplement ]

4. (Military) An unidentified aircraft, especially one detected on a radar screen and believed to be an enemy airplane. [ Also spelled bogie. ] [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Bogeymen /plu>. A goblin; a bugbear; a bogey{ 1 }. This is the form used by parents to frighten children; as, if you don't eat your vegetables, the bogeyman will get you.
Syn. -- bogey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, something really dangerous, or an imaginary monster, used to frighten children, etc. “Go to sleep or the Boogeyman will get you.”
Syn. -- Hobgoblin; goblin; specter; ogre; scarecrow; booger; bugaboo; bugbear. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]